A Life Uncommon: Gardening

Monday, July 14, 2008

Gardening

It looked like this when I started!
Wet from heavy rain this week the weeds came easy for the most part.
Soil is weeded and I'll set to plot.
amend and set row.

A great Phoenix reference for gardening here.

Just a little plot of soil a little piece of land. My own to sow and seed and spend so many hours.
This earth has rested 8 years except for the sunflower house last year. I have no poison in the soil. It is earth given to rest refreshed and time for seeding . I will tend a garden get the seed for my family for to feed.
I am listening to Blue Grass Mountain music. Banjo and Madalyn how fun it that for a cloudy hot summers day. I have been researching my zone (6) for what to get ready to plant.
JULY
Bush beans
cantaloupe
watermelon
winter squash
and get ready for
August
peas
summer squash
tomatoes

AND FLOWERS! Yee ha!
I am a happy woman I know where to make my home!
I long to plant an orange (navel) and a lemon tree.
I am trusting that this temporary home is just that until I go home to God!
I got a long time and a lot to do before that fine day!

1 comment:

Denise said...: My friend, you make me smile.; July 15, 2008 at 1:30 AM

By Maya Angelou

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
That a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean living,'
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain...
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!

Words have power. Here are a few of my favorite sayings.

A warm cup of tea is like a cuddle with a friend.
The North American Indians have a more eloquent word for ‘friend’ than we do in English. In their language, the word for friend literally means, “the one who carries my sorrows on his back.”
Return with Honor
The sage anticipates things that are difficult while they are easy, and does things that would become great while they are small. All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small. Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things."
"HOME IS WHERE YOUR STORY BEGINS"
“Live so that when your children hear these words they think of you… Fairness Caring Integrity Honesty Love Trust.”
"O Lord help my words to be gracious and tender today, for tomarrow I may have to eat them."
"No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes"